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UNHCR starts Afghan winter aid programme

Afghanistan has its own over 230,000 internally displaced persons Tasal/IRIN
    KABUL

    The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has begun a winter aid programme in Afghanistan for 200,000 most vulnerable people, mainly internally displaced persons and returnees from Iran and Pakistan.

     

    The aid, worth US$3.85 million, includes non-food items such as tents, charcoal, warm clothes and jerry cans.

     

    “Since 2007, our winterization strategy has emphasised preparedness rather than emergency response… We hope to prevent illness and hardship for the most vulnerable people,” said Ewen Macleod, UNHCR’s representative in Afghanistan.

     

    Over 27,400 tons of food aid items have also been prepositioned in 18 of the country’s 34 provinces, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported.

     

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